F2 board sizing

[biffmalibu]

I just bought a pristine red S2 at the swap. But there is no indication of volume or length on it. Any ideas? Is it a "wave" or other model? Pretty sure it is carbon, judging by the weight and stiffness (I sailed it after the swap, and my bones ache like hell today; Rowena chop...). Isobars? Thanks.

[dllee]

Measure it's length for sizing.
Look up the tail bottom to see if it's a wave or a Style bump n jump

[isobars]

Red lettering = Style; blue = wave.
Also, sizes S, M, and L => Style; length (e.g. 8'4") => wave.

You scored a 2001 87L Style @ 13.5#, 4.5-6.5 sail range. Here's WSMag's evaluation of it (I've come to trust, or at least interpret, their test results pretty consistently) with my comments in brackets (I owned one briefly):

Fast to plane, fast on all points of sail. [The Wave is fast because it's so smooth you can ignore chop; the Style is simply fast. I also considered it pretty smooth, but I was not at Rowena.) Tracks well at any jibing radius, makes voodoo chop actually inviting. Ride remains smooth and controlled when powered. [Try playing with the mast foot location; that can make quite a bit of difference in ride quality on some boards. You also had gusts to 40 Sunday ... a bit much for 87L even given the much lower averages.] Exceptional speed and light weight = "Did you see that ?" airtime [WSMag got a bit corny at times]. Slashing swells and even small waves in onshore conditions [e.g., The River) is applicable, but its true calling is B&J. [It will slash rights and lefts quite well with heel'n'toe steering in the back strap.] The Style's great combination of speed, stability, and turning prowess make any freerider smile as it glides through chop and carves jibes in a league of its own.

Even the most hardened sailors smiled at this board's effortless speed; just hop on and go. It gets even better with time, with jumps and great jibing ability keeping testers out for long sessions.
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I bought mine simply to see how it compared to my MP Waves. The differences are primarily in speed, planing, maneuverability, and ride. The Style is a bit faster and earlier planing, less loose, and a bit tauter in ride. Since loose is my game, I returned it to the CGWA. (Yours definitely is not the one I owned; I paid $5 for mine, sawed off its gross nose damage, and slapped glass over the stump just to test it.)

Mike \m/

[biffmalibu]

Thank you Isobars for the valuable details. Indeed, it was surprisingly fast and also turned very well and fairly tightly. I was on a small 4.2 (I hate schlogging and drowning in cold water) and admit I could have been on 3.7. I'm hoping for a big smooth day to try some gigantic jibes on fat swell, as opposed to the notorious Rowena and Doug's starboard chop I experienced that day.. I still feel the damage in my bones. This was a girlie board that had barely been sailed, all areas of the deck still very gritty.

[isobars]